Minuscule 808 Explained

Minuscule 808 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ203 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It contains liturgical books and marginalia. The manuscript has complex contents.

Description

The codex contains the whole text of the New Testament, on 414 parchment leaves (size).

The text is written in one column per page, 30 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. The text of the four Gospels is divided according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241, the last section in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons.^[5]

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, list of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each biblical book, lectionary markings, incipits, liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, Verses, pictures, and Euthalian Apparatus.^[5]

The order of books is usual for the Greek manuscripts: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Philemon precede Hebrews), and Apocalypse.^[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V.^[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to the textual cluster 1345.^[7]

History

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 12th century.^[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.^[4]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (808^e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[5]

Text of the Apocalypse was collated by Herman C. Hoskier.^[8]

The manuscript is now housed at the library of the National Library of Greece (2251) in Athens.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 803

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 223–224 .
• H. C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 509–513.

External links

• Minuscule 808 at the National Library of Greece

Notes and References

1. Book: Soden, von, Hermann. Hermann, Freiherr von Soden. Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. 1. 1902. Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Berlin. 106.
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 76.
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 94 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 16 November 2010 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 223–224 .
6. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
7. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 66 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
8. H. C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 509-513.